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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2004
Applicants:

Peter Oosterhoff, Zutphen, NL;

Henricus W. M. DE Bruyn, Arnhem, NL;

Inventors:

Peter Oosterhoff, Zutphen, NL;

Henricus W. M. De Bruyn, Arnhem, NL;

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/365 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and devices for identification of intrinsic ventricular activity occurring within a ventricular signal. Ventricular signal morphology is analyzed to determine if the signal contains intrinsic ventricular activity while delivering pacing pulses separated by nearly constant time intervals. Furthermore, an extension of a pacing interval is specified based on whether or not the signal contains autonomous intrinsic ventricular activity. In this manner, the pacing interval is only extended when it is likely for autonomous intrinsic ventricular activity to occur.


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